PC case - in reverse!

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As I've no computers in the house at the moment except for the Beeb in my sig, I'm currently on a friend's old machine that you can see pictured below. But look, everything's back-to-front! They've stuck a GT 220 into it and that fitted fine. The machine is called Esprimo P2411 by Fujitsu Siemens. As it's a 2007 spec (AMD 5000+), they've asked about CPU/mobo/RAM upgrades. If I bought a bundle from here (or did it as 3 separates + heatsink), would this case take it? The power supply is standard ATX, just not sure if the mobo is too. How can I tell if the mobo is ATX? Belarc Advisor is coming back as follows:

Board: FUJITSU SIEMENS D2560-A3 S26361-D2560-A3
Serial Number: B05AC4C8
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd. 6.00 R1.14.2560.A3 05/22/2007

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Oh and yeah, I have suggested to them that they replace that PSU as it's only 210W :p
 
It's not really back to front as such it's just the CPU cooling is done at the front of the case. My mums old Dell desktop has the same layout and someone said it's called BTX form factor.

Wiki on BTX
 
That case isn't gonna take a normal motherboard, the back part of the case looks like a mirror image of a normal case.

If you buy a new bundle then grab a new case too! :)
 
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